Some Saturdays are all smiles and sunshine. And in the 17-year history of Central Hawke’s Bay Rugby and Sports Club, no event — or result — has been bigger than the red-and-whites’ win against Enterprise Cars Ngāti Porou East Coast Kaupoi...
Tūranga Tāne side were up against it when they took on an experienced and powerful Pacific Island Representative selection in Whakatāne on Saturday. The Pasifika squad was made up of players from Counties Manukau, Auckland and North Harbour who...
POVERTY BAY Richard Owen knows pressure. Seventy games and 470 points for the Poverty Bay representative rugby team between 1983 and 1990 featured plenty of bottle-testing moments. But it was tension on a different playing field he and partner John...
Kings don’t last long at Tolaga Bay. In the 52-year history of the King of the Coast men’s open, only a select group of champions have remained on the throne the following year. William Brown became one of them last weekend as he staved off...
News this week that Gisborne Holdings Ltd is not able to pay a $2.5m dividend it had previously declared for owner Gisborne District Council — following its $4.1m sale of most of the former St Mary’s site in Childers Road — was telegraphed in...
Gwynne Dyer If you are a democratically elected leader in one of Africa’s Sahel countries and you suspect the army is plotting to overthrow you, what’s the best counter-measure? Should you: A) appoint the army’s senior officers as ambassadors...
Re: Testing year but progress noted, July 29 story. Matt Todd notes “that it has been a tough year for everyone in Tairāwhiti and Eastland Group is no exception”. Although, it could be said that the employees of Eastland Group are an exception...
The National Party was formed in 1935 by conservative businessmen and farmers. For them, business comes first, then farmers. People come next. In this regard, they are dangerous. Left-wing parties are the same. Call me naive, unrealistic or any...
Four-term MP Ian McKelvie says he senses an electorate looking positively at National in election year. The Rangitikei MP was in Gisborne this week with the party’s East Coast candidate Dana Kirkpatrick, with both saying the party would work hard...
A woman’s “terrifying” experience renting a house in Tamarau has ended with her landlord being ordered to pay her damages for harassment, verbal abuse, and late filing of her bond. The woman told the Tenancy Tribunal she felt unsafe and...
WITH the government expected to update progress on implementing recommendations from the Ministerial Inquiry into Land Use in Tairāwhiti and Wairoa, forestry industry bodies say they have already implemented “a suite of sector-led measures” as...
The action started in the annual J and T Hickey Charity Sheep dog trial this morning, held as usual in the Riding Cub for the Disabled complex at the Showgrounds Park. The 120 runs will be divided up today and tomorrow, ahead of a final run-off on...
Thompson’s Horticulture from Gisborne and Ōpōtiki had a great day at the annual Silver Secateurs grapevine pruning competition at the Ashwood Estate vineyards at Makaraka on Monday. The company’s pruners came away with a stack of prizes. They...
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is calling on the government and local councils to empower iwi on the back of a visit to cyclone-hit areas. Boshier travelled to Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay this week to meet with affected communities who are still...
Barry Foster is often called on for his expert knowledge. Here he talks about the advantages of tree lucerne for bee sustainability. It’s fair to say Barry Foster is mad about bees. There’s a bee welcome mat at his front door, which is...
A whopping $377 million worth of roading and infrastructure projects aimed at rebuilding the region’s cyclone-battered highways will get under way immediately, with still more funding to come, Waka Kotahi says. The Government this week announced...
Dome Cinema Corners of the Earth: Kamchatka Filmmakers Spencer Frost and Guy Williment and surfers Letty Mortenson and Fraser Dovell journey to Kamchatka in the far east of Russia in search of new waves along the frozen coastline. Bordered by the...
This Week Inside the Songs with Daryl Monteith (The Ashes) Smash Palace Friday. The Ashes’ frontman Darryl Monteith performs an acoustic set of his original songs, revealing the stories behind them. Starts at 8pm, $10 door. Hans Pucket Pop-rock...
Evolution Theatre Company is staging its first Shakespearean play The Taming of The Shrew this month with Dinna Myers in the director’s chair. “There is currently a national discussion on the relevance of Shakespeare to modern society which I am...
A new exhibition called Dreamers opens at Tairāwhiti Museum on Friday featuring the work of Louise Walsh and Jolene Douglas. Wellington-based Louise Walsh has taken some time to pick up her paintbrushes again. Her last exhibition was in 2003. She...
Chamber Music New Zealand presents Hine Hōia, an epic saga of love, greed, and temptation, brought to life through taonga puoro, circus arts, and live music. Inspired by the age-old tale of good versus evil, righteousness over temptation, Chamber...
Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand’s new website publicart. nz was officially launched last week at Parliament at a gathering hosted by The Minister for Art, Culture and Heritage, Carmel Sepuloni. The website includes five public artworks by...
Federated Farmers has asked the Government to consider bringing back a wool levy, 14 years after farmers booted it out. The Feds wool spokesman, Gisborne farmer Toby Williams, told the Primary Production Committee last week a levy was the only way...
Just over 740 head of cattle changed hands yesterday in the monthly Cattle Fair at the Matawhero saleyards and the market had a “pretty positive vibe” about it, according to auctioneer Chris Hurlstone from PGG Wrightson. “Spring’s just...
Pay disputes between teacher and nurse unions and their respective ministries have reached milestones on the way towards resolution. The pressure to reach deals before a potential change of government to one likely to be less sympathetic will be one...
by John Wells With the Government announcement of substantial additional funding for infrastructure repairs to Cyclone Gabrielle-ravaged northern Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti/East Coast, now must be the time for Gisborne District Council to join...
Re: Alternative route to Mahia could be considered again, August 1 story. I fully support Wairoa District Council and what they are trying to do on the three kilometres of road and rail along Blacks Beach over here at Mahia. I have met with Mike...
Wow. Doesn’t the National Party grand plan to build a four-lane 382km highway from Whangarei to Tauranga sound wonderful? I can’t imagine how they will deliver it for $6 billion, though, considering that a 2km road in Tauranga was to cost $70m...
I am worried about our rail line, but the holes in the road need to be fixed first. I am a great fan of trains and I will never give up trying to get them back, just like the Rail Action Group. We are going to have a big election and the Green Party...
American president John Fitzgerald Kennedy said on more than one occasion that “one man can make a difference” and on Saturday Ashton Paintin was that man. The powerful Tauranga Boys’ College left-winger scored two tries in the home team’s...
BASKETBALL Pettigrew Arena, Taradale, Day 1, Round 1: Gisborne Boys’ High School 57 (William Collier 20, Ngaru Grayson 10, Cody Tarei 10) Rotorua BHS 101. Q1 25-16 RBHS, HT 50-28 RBHS, Q3 78-39. Round 2: Gisborne BHS 79 (Ngaru Grayson 22, William...
The race for the Premier Grade top four is heading towards the home straight and it could come down to a sprint finish for the last spot. Going into tonight’s two games — Claydens Waikohu (1) v Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A; Horouta Koura v...
Football Central Federation League — SATURDAY, 2.30pm: Childers Road Reserve 1, ALH Limited Gisborne Thistle v Shani’s Taradale AFC. eastern League 1 — SATURDAY, 12.30pm: Wainui 1, 1st Class Decorators Wainui Salty Dogs v Coates Associates...
by Crackerjack Bowls Gisborne-East Coast representatives lost to the best of the best at the national champion of champions men’s triples in Dunedin. Kahutia Bowling Club’s July Hoepo-Williams (skip), Leighton Shanks and Willy Murray were...